Bob's Archtop Guitar Build

With the neck and body in one guitar-like object at last, it comes time to start finishing up - which means constructing and detailing th...

This went far more easily than I had feared. Final alignment. I tapped the neck as far down into the dovetail oint as it would go, an...

I waited to set the frets until after I rough fit the necks to the body, and also did all the final shaping and smoothing before I set any ...

I was worried that the dovetail joints might be too tight, too loose, whatever. As it turned out, everything was pretty straightforward. ...

I have been looking forward to seeing the necks take on their final "facial" appearance, and I'm pleased with the results. ...